Denmark offers shipbuilding training to Bangladesh

A tripartite agreement has been signed between a Bangladeshi firm and two Danish firms to provide necessary training to Bangladeshi workforce in shipbuilding sector. The agreement was signed at the embassy of Denmark in Dhaka on Thursday last, a press release said here Saturday. Officials of Bangladesh ship building firm -- Western Marine Shipyard Ltd (WMSL) and the Danish firms -- Stella Shipping Ltd and the Plantware Ltd signed the agreement to impart necessary training to the engineers and naval architects of the WMSL in shipbuilding that cover architectural designing to electrical design of a new ship.
Apart from enriching the country with shipbuilding technology for transferring technological know-how which would help Bangladesh to achieve self-sufficiency in the sector as well as reducing cost for manufacturing ship for export.
A six-member team of WMSL that includes two marine engineers, two mechanical engineers and two naval architects left Dhaka for Denmark last month to receive training in the shipbuilding technology.
Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) will provide necessary support to implement a pilot project to this end under the supervision of Danish Embassy in Dhaka.
Official concerned said the country would not need to depend on foreign experts for ship building technology in future if a sizable number of local workforce acquire technological knowledge in ship manufacturing.
Chairman of WMSL, Saiful Islam, Managing Director Shakawat Hossain and Chairman of Stella Shipping Ltd, Fahrecious were present at the agreement signing ceremony, the press release added.

Source: The Daily Star